US President Barack Obama pauses while speaking during the memorial service for late South African President Nelson Mandela at Soccer City Stadium in Johannesburg
A memorial service was held for the departed South African leader, Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg today. Many world leaders showed up at the event. Courtesy of the AFP, we present some of the famous faces at the rain-drenched event.
US President Barack Obama (R) talks with the widow of South African President Nelson Mandela, Graca Machel,Former US President Bill Clinton (R), Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (C), and their daughter ChelseaMandela’s former wife Winnie Mandela (3R) arrives for the memorial
serviceDanish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt (L) talks with US President Barack ObamaSouth Africa’s archbishop emeritus and honorary Elders, Desmond Tutu, gestures while delivering a speech during the memorial serviceSouth Africans sing while holding a cover of the Afrikaans daily Beeld inside Orlando Stadium in Soweto,US President Barack Obama pauses while speaking during the memorial service for late South African President Nelson Mandela at Soccer City Stadium in JohannesburgA woman applauds as she watches the retransmission of the memorial service for late former South African president Nelson Mandela, on a giant screen in front of the city hall in Durban on 10 decemberMorocco’s Prince Moulay Rachid (L) and the President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmud Abbas (C) arriving to attend the memorial service for late South African PresidentObama meets Raul CastroQueen Rania of Jordan and Ghana’s former President Jerry Rawlings (L) arrive for the memorial service
